to get to on this wednesday. weather once again going to dominate the news. >> so let's find out what we are in store for. here's meteorologist lynette charles. >> we have another active weather day. especially across the middle of the nation and this will begin to march towards us going through time. but already, we are seeing in indianapolis some showers and thunderstorms severe in nature. let's show you the video because we have been seeing some downed wires and snapped trees across the area. lots of rain falling this morning. we can see this right now at the gas league station and we can see the fact that trees have been reports of trees have been falling into houses and telephone poles or blocking fire trucks as well. look at that snapped tree right there. this is the potential that we can be seeing as we go into the afternoon time frame. i want to show you the fact that, well, not only is it around indianapolis today, we are dealing with some storm damage and today neigho --

tornado damage in tennessee. this is the line that you can see the boeing line. that means that you're getting some convective wind. so windy conditions across the area but also some tornado warnings now. several just to the east of mashville. so just know that this line is marching towards us as we go through time. right now, though, we are dry. we are dealing with lots of fog out there. mild conditions that temperature coming in at 55 degrees right now in west friendship. and as we go throughout the day, temperatures will soar 64 but i am forecasting a high around 68. if we get a little sunshine we could see 70 across the area. the calm before the storm as it begins to move our way. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. fog is a problem across the reg unlet expect reduced advice -- region. expect reduced visibility. 95 at mountain road, everything is moving along. you won't have trouble traveling down to white marsh and from there into the city. as we head up to baltimore

county, 83 here in parkton at york road, no delays but we are deeing with a -- dealing with a lot of fog. so be extra careful and you make your way on to the jfx. it will remain clear. 11 minutes southbound from the beltway all the way down to east fayette street. 695 is in great shape this morning. the east side no delays traveling the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. and that will tack you 11 minutes and you're looking at an 11 minute ride on the west sidetraveling from 795 down to 95. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic megan and charley over to you. 5:32. today the governor will let us know how the state is doing in the state of the state address. he will have a breakdown on everything from education to jobs. abc2 news sherrie johnson is here with a preview of has address and some other things that is happening in annapolis. it's going to be a busy day. >> reporter: a lot going on today as governor o'malley delivers the state of the state address at noon at the maryland statehouse. the governor plans to tell the

story of how the state came together during tough times. the governor will discuss how the state is number one in education and invasion and in regional job recovery. he will discuss what choices we can make together to keep creating jobs expanding opportunities and strengthening maryland's middle class. and also happening today, maryland dog owners and supporters will gather at lawyer's mall in annapolis in peaceful demonstration them the want to show support for all dog owners including pit bull type dogs. many were disappointed with the court of appeals decision in 2012 that said pit bulls are inherently dangerous. there will be a public hearing on the pit bull's compromise bill coming up about 2:30 this afternoon. now it's important to know the governor's state of the state address will be streamed live on the website at abc2news.com starting at noon. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. now he is found guilty of misconduct john leopold could lose his jobbate as the county executive. today, there's going to be a request at county council to

introduce a bill to have john leopold removed from office. council members vote monday. if five of the 7 vote in favor he will be removed as county executive. a judge found the anne arundel county executive guilty of misconduct. today the teen charged with shooting a felly perry hall high school student on the first day of school will be in court. robert gladden junior will fine out if the trial will be held in juvenile or criminal court. the victim daniel borowy spent time in shock trauma but is now back at school. in lieu of the shooting baltimore county is working to make schools safer for kids to learn. county unveiled a plan to step up security and every medel and high school in the county has -- middle and high school in the county has a resource officer but elementary schools don't. they want to add more cameras that will stream live video into police headquarters and precincts.

and it will be a new controlled entry system at every door. tough news this morning a baby is dead and her mother in critical condition and she is charged with the child's death. deputies were called to a homein joppa for a child in cardiac arrest. firefighters tried to revive the 9 month old but she died at the hospital. her 19-year-old mother is there and police say she tried to kill herself. she is charged with murder and child abuse. here's a story to make any parent sick. a girl logged in the cage allegedly at the hand of her mother's boyfriend. police in new mexico arrested the child's mom and her live-in boyfriend. they say the couple took the woman's 3 other children to the movies and left her 8-year-old daughter locked up in a wooden cage. officers say that the girl was not physically hurt. they are doing what they can to right the -- penn state is doing what they can to right the wrongs of jerry sandusky

them the want to be in the forefront to understand and prevent child abuse and will hire a dozen new faculty. last year the ncaa fined them 60 million in the wake of the sandusky cooled abuse scandal. child abuse scandal. here's something you don't see every day, a big banana car. creator of the food on wheels says he was inspired by a bowl of fruit at a gas station. so of course he did this. he drives it all over the country and says he meets all the road safety equipment. he plans on taking his banana car on an overseas tour in asia and europe. okay. i want to go back to something you said e saw a bowl of fruit and said what? >> why not make a banana car. >> of course. >> makes sense to me. after the presidential campaign and four years as u.s. secretary of state, hillary has come to -- it's time -- her time as secretary of state has come to an end. >> hear what she is looking forward to after handing over

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this guy is awesome or really crazy. hawaiian surfing legend may have topped his world record. he caught a wave off the coast of portugal and it looks like the 2011 record setting 90 foot wave ride may have been buried by the new wave but some calculations and verification need to be -- needs to be done before it can be said for sure. >> a good chance he didn't deal with sea foam. >> i am going to have to go withreally crazy. >> where do you stand? >> i second -- third that. i third that. we saw the surfing out there and temperatures are going to get warm enough to where we are like is there a pool around here. 57 in monrovia. when we should be in the 20s for our low temperatures. so we are well above that this morning. satellite and radar picking up on dry weather this morning. but we have those clouds around. now you heard me say this

morning. because as we go into the afternoon, ex. especially this evening -- especially this evening that's when we see showers and thunderstorms going into the afternoon time frame. but severe weather really plaguing the middle part of the nation. let's get a check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. we are dealing with fog this morning. but no delays here in white marsh. 95 is nice and clear as you make your way southbound into the city. it's going to take 15 minutes to travel from the beltway to downtown. if you are heading onto 695 there are no delays right now from parkville down to dundalk. the key bridge is in great shape and heading down to anne arundel county this is what 97 looks like at benfield boulevard. no problems getting to route 50 or traveling north up towards the beltway. now over to you. we showed outvideo a couple days ago of a father and daughter showing their purple pride. >> this morning you want to -- you will hear from the familiar hi and how they are getting ready for the big game.

they are probably still wearing the jerseys. i love this next story. it's been a month but a mayor makes good on a wet and -- bet and shows off his moves. we will show you when good morning maryland returns. the car on the left was filled up with

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we are almost there. 4 days and counting until the ravens play in the superbowl and fans are getting excited. there's one family in harford county that is showing off the purple pride with the video that has gone viral on youtube. linda so is live this morning at m and t bank stadium with the fans. tell us all about them. >> reporter: they are huge ravens fans. they have their own jerseys and watch the games together. and they are a family and when the ravens beat the patriots, up with this song called ravens are fighters and they posted it to youtube last week and it has more than 30,000 hits. take a listen. [ music ] ♪ >> the family of bel air are huge ravens fans. scott the dad is the singer songwriter and came up with the song last week. he got his three daughters ava

mattie and emma to sing it. mom who says she is the biggest fan in the family taped the video and the family posted it to youtube. it quickly got a lot of attention. the family says they are happy to use the love for singing to show their purple pride. >> once i wrote that the song came into my head and took a hour to write and came home that night and we did it. >> reporter: the video has gotten so popular the mother says that they have actually gotten requests from elements elementary schools to play the song during the pep rallies this week. this song is not the only one that gives them plenty of attention and it's growing in popularity. check out a couple links on the website. we have a special ravens section that has fans doing their thing from the ray lewis dance to singing songs and it's on the website at abc2news.com. live at the bank linda so, abc to news -- abc2 news ♪ [ music

] ♪ >> good luck ray-ray. >> denver's mayor proves two things. one he is not a sore loser andtwo he got moves. hancock promised mayor stephanie rawlings-blake whoa do the end zone dance if they ravens won the divisional playoff game and sent a box of aged rib eye steak no wonder when you watch this, he hurt his back. must have been practicing. five things to know. the naa executive vice president will testify on gun violence. he is expected to reiterate the belief the government shouldn't dictate which guns americans can lawfully own. connecticut task force on gun violence prevention is holding a hearing tonight at newtown high school to address the issues of gun laws, school safety and mental health. gm will make a significant power train related announcement today. they say the company will

expand the global power train engineering headquarters. three months since hurricane sandy struck the northeast and the path train service is resuming their schedule. the stations were fill up to 5 feet of water. with thousands in the big easy security is a major concern for superbowl xlvii. today the secretary of homeland security is speaking to the media about plans to keep players, employees and fans safe during game. 5:48. senator john kerry could be sworn in as the new secretary of state as early as today. the long time massachusetts senator was overwhelmingly confirmed by his colleaguestuesday. the vote was 94 to 3. a special election to fill his seat will be june 25th withthe primary on april 30th. massachusetts governor patrick is expected to announce ain't rim center and expected to do it today. as john kerry prepares for the new role hillary clinton is preparing to bid the job farewell. during the past four years,

mrs. clinton logged a lot of miles and visited more than 100 countries more than any other secretary of state. so what does she have plannednow she officially retires on friday? >> i am so looking forward to monday when i have no schedule, no office to go to no responsibilities. >> none. >> now as for the distant future of 2016 she says she has no plans to run right now but is not ruling it out either. she plans to work on behalf of women and girls. place your bets on the superbowl. don't be boring and put your pony on who is going to win the game. >> there are so many fun boats place on sunday's -- bets to place on sunday's matchup you can bet on anything. >> you can bet on how many times broadcasters will say the word harbaugh. the over unis the median line is 21 1/2. megan, what do you take? >> over. >> over 21 1/2.

>> absolutely. we are looking at the other things to bet on like alicia keys whether or not she will get booed during the national anthem. so i am going to say. >> who boost the national anthem singer? also will she mess up the words? you will get a little better than even money on that. i think it's like 1 -- basically it's basically 1 to 1 as betting goes. with beyonce and singing will jay-z join her on stage. even money on that one. >> another one will beyonce's hair be straight or curly. i am going say curly. >> what do you say lynette? >> straight. >> okay. now another bet the over under on the post game handshake and hug between brothers, 7 1/2 second do you go over or under. >> i say over. >> 7 1/2 -- i say under. >> i am going under. >> this is emotional this is a hug and a handshake. >> but john harbaugh said

yesterday they are past that. this is about competition and it's about the teams on the field that's why i say go under. >> i want my same two. let's talk about what's going on today because i will start with the good news. we are mild. >> great. >> that's good news. >> get out and do the jog and kids heading off to school it's not going to be bad. we are nice and dry. the only thing we are contending with is the fact we do have some patchy fog in the forecast once again. it's 51 right now in manchester further to the south around hyattsville it's 60. 44 in kingsville and goldsboro close to 6 a. -- 60. coming in at 58. for today, we have the winds that will kick up ahead of the cold front. and even after the cold front passes it's going to still be windy outside. but, we do have a line of thunderstorms and look at the scope of the system that is coming towards us. so we have the line of thunderstorms all the way from michigan all the way down

intolouisiana and everywhere in between some severe weather happening. so to the east of nashville right now getting lots of tornado activity across the area. so this will begin to slide its way off towards the east as we go throughout the day. and we will have the potential for some severe weather as we go in here. this cold front finally passes through by tomorrow and on the backside of it we will be dealing with cold air and with that well we have the chance for some snow in the forecast. especially as we go into friday. but in the meantime, make sure to get out and enjoy this morning. the high temperature coming in right around 68 degrees. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. here's fog in baltimore county. you will want to be extra careful traveling on 83 this morning. but no delays from york road down to the beltway. if you are heading downtown, this is what 95 looks like at 395. traffic is moving along. you won't have any problems getting to the fort mchenry tunnel. a normal 8 minutes right nownorthbound from the beltway

to the toll plaza. and as we look at abc2's other timesaver traffic drive times the beltway in great shape. looking at an 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 95 up to 83. and on the west side, on that outer loop you are looking at an 11-minute ride from 795 all the way down to 95. that's a look at your morning commute. now over to you. our heros overseas will feel closer to home come superbowl sunday. >> find out how a group is making sure the troops have the perfect big game tailgate with the best features they can provide. ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪

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time for the guests. >> and parts the midwest are on high alert for possible tornado threat. we will show you damage caused by the storm and how the weather system could impact us. maryland's most accurate forecaster and meteorologist lynette charles will look at that when good morning maryland at 6 continues. ♪ with so much competition, finding the right job is never easy. but with the nation's largest alumni network, including those in key hiring positions, university of phoenix can help connect you to a world of opportunity.

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